Zixiang Wang - First Piano Sonatas. Scriabin & Rachmaninoff (2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Zixiang Wang
- Title: First Piano Sonatas. Scriabin & Rachmaninoff
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: Blue Griffin Recording
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 01:04:14
- Total Size: 210 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: I. Allegro con focoso
02. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: II. [crotchet = 40]
03. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: III. Presto
04. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: IV. Funèbro
05. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: I. Allegro moderato
06. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: II. Lento
07. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: III. Allegro molto
08. Prelude in F Major
Award-winning pianist Zixiang Wang 王子翔 (Wong Tzuh-schi-ANG) shines a light on two lesser-performed works by Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff. "First Piano Sonatas: Scriabin and Rachmaninoff", released February 15, 2021 on Blue Griffin Recording (BGR579), is Mr. Wang's debut solo album. Praised by audiences all over the world for his passionate and sincere performances, Zixiang Wang's affinity for Romantic and Post-Romantic musical works have led to his exploration of lesser-known music by well-known Romantic composers.
The two main works on this CD are both composers’ first piano sonatas, and were written under vastly different circumstances. Scriabin composed Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 at the age of twenty, while he was still a student at the conservatory. The previous summer, he injured his right hand due to excessive practicing. “Incurable” as the doctors told the young virtuoso, the ailment put a devastating end to his performing career, which directly catalyzed his desire to compose “the first sonata with a funeral march”—a funeral for his right hand.
Rachmaninoff’s first sonata, on the other hand, was composed during his mature period. Written following his move to Dresden, Piano Sonata No. 1, along with Symphony No. 2 and the opera Monna Vanna (unfinished) are referred to as the “Dresden pieces”, a group of opera-like compositions influenced by his time conducting opera at the Imperial Grand Theatre. Rachmaninoff did consider, at one point, rewriting the first sonata as a symphony, and later gave up on this idea only because of the work’s “purely pianistic style".
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: I. Allegro con focoso
02. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: II. [crotchet = 40]
03. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: III. Presto
04. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: IV. Funèbro
05. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: I. Allegro moderato
06. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: II. Lento
07. Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: III. Allegro molto
08. Prelude in F Major
Award-winning pianist Zixiang Wang 王子翔 (Wong Tzuh-schi-ANG) shines a light on two lesser-performed works by Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff. "First Piano Sonatas: Scriabin and Rachmaninoff", released February 15, 2021 on Blue Griffin Recording (BGR579), is Mr. Wang's debut solo album. Praised by audiences all over the world for his passionate and sincere performances, Zixiang Wang's affinity for Romantic and Post-Romantic musical works have led to his exploration of lesser-known music by well-known Romantic composers.
The two main works on this CD are both composers’ first piano sonatas, and were written under vastly different circumstances. Scriabin composed Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 at the age of twenty, while he was still a student at the conservatory. The previous summer, he injured his right hand due to excessive practicing. “Incurable” as the doctors told the young virtuoso, the ailment put a devastating end to his performing career, which directly catalyzed his desire to compose “the first sonata with a funeral march”—a funeral for his right hand.
Rachmaninoff’s first sonata, on the other hand, was composed during his mature period. Written following his move to Dresden, Piano Sonata No. 1, along with Symphony No. 2 and the opera Monna Vanna (unfinished) are referred to as the “Dresden pieces”, a group of opera-like compositions influenced by his time conducting opera at the Imperial Grand Theatre. Rachmaninoff did consider, at one point, rewriting the first sonata as a symphony, and later gave up on this idea only because of the work’s “purely pianistic style".
Year 2021 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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